The Bridge

Kevin van der Velden

3:00 PM

Welp

user15026

@FAE oooh have funsies

user15026

@FEichinger Why?

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn Because it makes "ping".

Origami Robot

HE GETS PINGED BY FIRE

Martin Sojka

@KevinvanderVelden Looks like we need to cool that place down and help with the watering. I suggest commencing Operation Arizona Bay.

Origami Robot

3:01 PM

AND PHP

AND SESCRIPTS

AND KALINA

FAE

@AshleyNunn actually gonna delay heading out for a bit because I forgot Jochem has to pick up his bike first from the shop. We're hitting up the Earthcache today. :)

user15026

@Wipqozn "The movie tie-in of The Giver features interviews with Taylor Swift & Brenton Thwaites." - what why are you doing that to that lovely book stop ruining things.\

Kevin van der Velden

@MartinSojka let's just drag Antarctica there

user15026

@FAE Excellent! Hopefully there are less nettles and spiders today :)

Origami Robot

@FAE WHAT IS AN EARTHCACHE?

FEichinger

3:02 PM

@KevinvanderVelden Give it some time. It'll melt, raise the sealevel, and then California won't be a problem anymore.

badp

@KevinvanderVelden That is not what "exceptional" means

FEichinger

@KevinvanderVelden Anyway, back to the previous topic - That's a long story, and I'm not sure if there's any reasonably unbiased account of it.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Because: Hollywood.

user15026

@Wipqozn I know, but I haaaaaaate it

FAE

@OrigamiRobot They're caches that aren't a box or container or anything, but an area/location. You have to answer questions about the spot and send your answers to the person who placed the cache. It's to help educate people about the Earth and such.

badp

3:04 PM

@FAE I USED COMMENT FLAGS AND NOT ONE COMMENT VANISHED

Kevin van der Velden

@badp yeah, but changing what's defined as normal to "Fuck all water is here" only gives climate change denialists more fuel

badp

@KevinvanderVelden "We Thought This Was Going To Be Pretty Exceptional Guess What This Is 2014 And It Has Become The Norm" Drought

Martin Sojka

@FEichinger Most of California is too high to be affected. Really ... Arizona Bay. The only true solution.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Let the hate consume you, and become bitter and cynical like me.

user15026

@FAE I like them because I learn stuff :)

Kevin van der Velden

3:06 PM

@badp We're just going to have to make new colors "What's the weather like today? Sorta mauve"

Arperum

How risky is it to add some extra values in the register? The dll seems to refuse te register...

user15026

@Wipqozn I dunno, I kinda like being sweet and happy...

Origami Robot

@FAE I DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL :(

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Being filled with hate is so much more fun though.

Hating things is the best.

FAE

@AshleyNunn Yeah, it's a neat idea. :)

Origami Robot

3:08 PM

I LOVE TO HATE THINGS

FAE

@badp I did not feel like making my way through that minefield.

Tim Stone

@Wipqozn But she doesn't have a shell in which to contain all that hate.

user15026

You're a turtle and a robot though, how am I supposed to trust your opinions on human traits?

Wipqozn

@TimStone Ah, true.

FEichinger

@Wipqozn You're doing it wrong.

You have to hate hating things.

That's why I'm so grumpy all the time.

Wipqozn

3:09 PM

@AshleyNunn That means we're a neutral third party, so you can trust us most of all!

FEichinger

I hate so many things, I even hate hating them.

user15026

@Wipqozn I am not sure that is how it works.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Trust me, it is.

Origami Robot

I DON'T WANT TO BE GRUMPY. I WANT TO ENJOY MY HATE.

user15026

Anyway, time for pants and then outside the house breakfast type adventures with my new book I stayed up too late reading.

Kevin van der Velden

3:09 PM

@Wipqozn why should we trust you? It's clear you always lie.

Ooh books

Origami Robot

@AshleyNunn NOOOOOOOO PANTS

Kevin van der Velden

Speaking of books, HOW THE HELL DOES EMPIRE MAKE ME FEEL SAD FOR THE BAD GUYS?

John

@Wipqozn :(

user15026

@OrigamiRobot YEah, that is the worst part about this adventure.

user15026

@KevinvanderVelden I know, right?

Wipqozn

3:11 PM

SMU unveils new orientation strategy in wake of last year’s rape chant

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria So, what, they're moving focus away from the only market they're still doing well in?

Wipqozn

> It will be mandatory for students to complete the [don't rape people] training program, which takes about a half-hour.

Kevin van der Velden

@AshleyNunn it's great. The book could have just as well been written from any of the bad guys point of view and you'd still totally root for them (... if they had better impulse control and were slightly less awful)

Wipqozn

It's sad this is a thing that needs to exist. I hate people. Also fuck SMU.

I just hate the entire "frat" culture.

since, you know, we're on the hate train

user15026

@KevinvanderVelden This is one of the things that kept me reading.

Kevin van der Velden

3:13 PM

@Wipqozn we switched to the liking Empire train, try to keep up

user15026

This is what i am reading now, though:

user15026

amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/…

Wipqozn

@KevinvanderVelden Oh, sorry.

user15026

And it is REALLY GOOD.

Kevin van der Velden

@AshleyNunn I still have book 2 and 3 to go :D

Wipqozn

3:13 PM

I'll get back to those book this weekend, once I'm done FMAB.

Kevin van der Velden

Minus the first... 2 chapters of book 2

GnomeSlice

@JasonBerkan garage

user15026

@KevinvanderVelden oh my goodness, so many exciting things are yet to happen

Kevin van der Velden

@AshleyNunn :D It's still weird to read something where one of the characters has my name >.>

FAE

@KevinvanderVelden Is this your first time reading it?

Kevin van der Velden

3:15 PM

@FAE yes, I bought books 2 and 3 on tuesday =p

FAE

@KevinvanderVelden Yaaaay!

badp

user15026

@KevinvanderVelden I can imagine, it always weirds me out when there are Ashley's in books

badp

Go ahead, pick the colors

Kevin van der Velden

Though it's only the first name, It was way weirder when I read something by lovecraft where there was a character named Kevin van der Velden

FAE

3:16 PM

I'm so happy I've ~~infected you all~~ shared the trilogy with more people.

user15026

@KevinvanderVelden Okay, yeah, that would be massively odd.

Kevin van der Velden

@AshleyNunn it was like "What! I'm not in Africa... Oh yeah, silly brain"

user15026

Hahaha nice.

user15026

Okay, pants found, it is time for adventures.

FAE

@KevinvanderVelden Finding stuff with my last name always weirds me out more, as my first name's more common. I've only found one book with my last name but it's a really popular scifi book, so it was still odd.

Kevin van der Velden

3:17 PM

Adventures! :D

Jason Berkan

@GnomeSlice Would sound infinitely better with an actual drum kit.

Kevin van der Velden

@FAE Kevin is a reasonably uncommon name in english books (even though the name is Gaelic)

Jason Berkan

Also, Garage.

user15026

@FAE Never seen my last name in a book :P Other than the World Book of Nunn's that my dad got once (it had like all the history of hte name and stuff in it, along with a listing of all the nunn's in the world at the time of publishing that they could find)

FAE

@KevinvanderVelden I've seen it fairly often in books I've read when I was younger, but I read a lot of genre fiction nowadays, and Kevin's not a common name in scifi/fantasy. My first name isn't super common in books, but it wouldn't be abnormal to find in a regular piece of fiction.

@AshleyNunn That's really cool

user15026

3:21 PM

@FAE I liked it :)

FEichinger

My name has too many variations ...

Kevin van der Velden

@JasonBerkan now I'm listening to their version of Astronomy again, damn(/thank) you!

FAE

@AshleyNunn :D Now go have adventures!

Arperum

I think I fixed it...

user15026

@FAE Yes ma'am.

Lazers

3:21 PM

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In 2012 Diablo III builds, the Monk's Cyclones generated from Sweeping Wind were considered damage from you rather than summons, and so they proc'd Life on Hit (confirmed here). Is that still the case in 2.1? If so, is the proc coefficient or life gain effect reduced in some way, as suggested her...

Arperum

some DLL was only half registered, so it needed some registry magic.

don't ask me how you "half-register" a dll. because I have no clue how that was done.

badp

@KevinvanderVelden WHY ARE YOU SO USELESS

Kevin van der Velden

@badp I already said mauve!

badp

there

Kevin van der Velden

Everything should just be mauve.

badp

3:27 PM

I left mauve out as we'll need it by 2022.

We can't use up all the good colors at once

Kevin van der Velden

True enough

Powerlord

@badp I think Mauve is the fastest.

Jason Berkan

Red goes fasta.

Powerlord

My bad, Mauve has the most RAM

Origami Robot

@KevinvanderVelden WHAT?

Kevin van der Velden

3:34 PM

@OrigamiRobot My memory is slightly faulty, a dr Vandervelde.

(Stupid brains not storing what actually happened but only an interpretation on it)

Origami Robot

@KevinvanderVelden OK, I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT THE KEVIN PART

I DON'T REMEMBER LOVECRAFT EVER USING THE NAME KEVIN

Jason Berkan

TIL that Goobies is a town in Newfoundland. Never change, Newfies.

MBraedley

@JasonBerkan Dildo, Nfld.

FEichinger

Europe has two towns called "Kissing" and "Fucking", less than a hundred miles from each other.

MBraedley

But I'm disappointed that Ball's Creek, Cape Breton didn't make it on this list

Origami Robot

3:44 PM

BAT CAVE, NC

FEichinger

(For extra fun, there's also a place called "Petting" between the two.)

The full route.

MBraedley

@FEichinger But they have to go to Newfoundland if they want a kid: Conception Bay

FEichinger

(Small easter egg, there's also a place in Austria called "Gaming".)

But that's another ~70 miles away.

fredley

php

Frank

Yay. I love code that's in a quasi "production system so should work, but has no business being there because it's still in testing" state.

FEichinger

3:49 PM

@fredley Hush!

fredley

fire

Frank

Especially when I've declared a moratorium on all new development, because I seriously don't have time for anything new.

fredley

Live map of Russian invasion

FAE

Now it's geocaching time, woo!

FEichinger

This is some beautiful NSFW data.

Origami Robot

3:55 PM

cc @RedRider

@FEichinger I'M NO EXPERT, BUT I THINK THIS IS BACKWARDS

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot I picked that because Google Maps centers on and highlights the destination. Which is where you should start reading.

Google Maps is backwards.

badp

These games are being removed from gog

MBraedley

@FEichinger It also avoids Munchen.

Frank

@badp Spellforce. Aww.

Powerlord

4:10 PM

@badp Hmmm, wonder why.

badp

@Powerlord Is that sarcasm? I have no idea.

FEichinger

@MBraedley Quickest route, by far.

MBraedley

►

Powerlord

@badp No, but even the news page doesn't say why they're being pulled.

Which makes me wonder if they're also being pulled from other sources like Steam.

FEichinger

@Powerlord Red Faction was already pulled from Steam.

Powerlord

4:13 PM

@FEichinger That could be because THQ went babkrupt

FEichinger

It was some weird license mess. They removed and reinstated RF:G a few times throughout, as well.

Powerlord

The selection of vanishing titles includes Amnesia, for instance. But not Amnesia: A machine for Pigs.

Both are published by Frictional Games

Wipqozn

@Powerlord I believe it's because the companies which own the games want to enforce regional pricing, and GOG won't allow regional pricing on their system.

Powerlord

Yay ORA-20055 errors

FEichinger

The ORA part is the problem, you know.

badp

4:17 PM

huh

FEichinger

Why, yes, onebox it.

Powerlord

@FEichinger Wasn't my choice. We use Oracle Spatial a lot in the part of this app I never touch.

Frank

@Wipqozn So rather than make some money, they'd rather take their ball and go home.

Wipqozn

@FEichinger a SFW tl;dr of it?

@Frank They'll just sell it on another platform.

badp

This is just about the only graph that's somewhat surprising

Powerlord

4:22 PM

Note to self: Buy Black Mirror series on GOG after work

Frank

What DOES gog do for regional currency differences, anyways?

@Wipqozn They can do that and still leave it on gog.

badp

The post is actually completely SFW

I mean

once you scroll past the icons on the side

but those are part of the page not the post </pedant>

Wipqozn

@Frank but if that other site allows them to do regional pricing then why would anyone ever buy it on the other platform?

Powerlord

@Wipqozn gog.com/forum/general/last_chance_special/post729

FEichinger

@Wipqozn PornHub usage statistics are fucked.

(Yes, I said that just to play on words. Deal with it.)

Frank

4:24 PM

Does gog do the whole $ = pounds/euros thing?

Or do they keep it up to date properly?

Wipqozn

@FEichinger Now I want to know those stats even more!

I won't be able to view them until tomorrow night though. This is horrible.

badp

@Frank They tried selling games in currencies other than dollars, which means regional pricing, and backed out of it

Now they are back to selling games in dollars everywhere.

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Frank

@badp Can't they just figure out the region the user is from, bounce it through a dollar to whatever currency exchange, and show the price that way?

@badp I'm not following.

badp

Sorry I thought "they" there was Nordic.

Frank

4:28 PM

@badp No, sorry, that was supposed to be gog.

badp

@Frank I believe the issue is that there's a ~1-3% currency conversion fee depending on what services you use

so even if $10 is €7.59, I'd pay about that game about €7,70

The 1.5% difference goes to my bank.

Paypal OTOH charges 3%.

Frank

Of course, that idea precludes the fact that games don't (and shouldn't) cost the same everywhere in the world.

Cost of living and economies and all that.

Bleh. Currency conversations is a complicated topic.

badp

If they did what you propose, they'd show €7.59 on the page, and I'd pay €7.70, and somebody else would pay €7.81, and people will contact support about being overcharged.

user4704

@Frank Also that works until it doesn't, and then people get irked at you.

badp

It's just easier and more precise to show it as $10.

user4704

4:31 PM

For example, we had people in GW2 playing on the EU datacenter even though they were in the US, so we couldn't rely on datacenter to determine currency.

user4704

And sometimes people play through anonymizing proxies or just have poor geolocatability in general for one reason or another.

badp

Well of course that'll happen if you prevent people from playing with their friends on a regional basis

OTOH you might need to do that to meet your SLAs

Wipqozn

@JoshPetrie You should have just did it anyways, and when people complained just go "HAHAHAHA SUCKERS!". I'm sure that could have only ended well.

Frank

@JoshPetrie The point for that, though, is that the developers set a price, and it runs a conversion process to whatever the currency is for the region. It's still the equivalent value.

badp

Can't we just double or triple the speed of light and be done with it?

Powerlord

4:33 PM

OK guys, this teleconference has been going on for 90 minutes now. It's normally 30 mins at most.

and shows no signs of ending

Frank

I'm not saying $1 = 1 Euro = 1 pound, etc.

badp

@Powerlord Actually this teleconference has been going on for about 4 years

user4704

@Frank Yes, except it makes accounting difficult (which accountants get pissy about) and players don't always understand that, which incurs support volume costs.

Powerlord

@badp I'm referring to the phone call I'm on.

Frank

@JoshPetrie You're dealing with worldwide buyers. You have a larger market, deal with those issues.

If your accountants get pissy at that, get different accountants.

user4704

4:34 PM

That's not always in your control.

user4704

(for example, the accounts came from the publisher / owner of the company)

badp

@Frank that way lies "US only; it's too expensive to launch worldwide" bullshit

user4704

We did deal with it -- we just didn't do it by trying to automatically detect your currency based on your IP.

badp

I'm really really really grateful for game devs for sucking up the complexity of doing business internationally and removing regional barriers

It's about the only "content" industry that does that

Frank

@badp If they don't want to open their games up to the wider market, well, that's a business decision that's artificially limiting their own marketability.

Powerlord

4:36 PM

So yeah, finally off that call... I think they finally got irritated at trying to debug this oracle workspace error

user4704

@badp Mainly; we didn't have any particular problem with people doing that, if they chose, it just degraded their network performance since they opted for servers that were across the Atlantic trunk lines.

Powerlord

ANYWAY, Nordic games gave the reason that they're pulling out as essentially "we don't want to piss off other stores that carry our products."

(Most of the games being pulled are published by Nordic)

user4704

(also, redundancy, because only one data center is a recipe for hilarious failure in the future)

Powerlord

The read-between-the-lines story is that they're pulling from GOG because Steam still uses regional pricing.

badp

@Powerlord Gog has stated multiple times that if it means having less games, Gog will still uphold its principles.

Powerlord

4:39 PM

@badp It's funny you should mention that because as you previously stated, GOG was already using Regional Pricing in the past, but then customers complained about it.

badp

Yeah... I'm happy that changed back.

That said I'm still hesitant of buying from GOG as I just forget about the games I buy there

Their Galaxy/Universe/whatever client solution might fix that?

...then one day Gabe dies and Facebook buys Steam and it's over

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Blem

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Powerlord

Actually, I'm wondering how GOG's new system is supposed to work since US prices are listed non-taxed and European prices are listed with VAT.

Or did they just reverse the regional pricing by making countries without VAT pay extra now?

Origami Robot

5:01 PM

@FEichinger THE LIST IN THE UPPER LEFT IS WHERE I START READING

user15026

Adventure was a success. There were crepes.

Lazers

0

Q: 100% Bonus to Gold Find

With the release of Patch 2.1.0 for Diablo III and Reaper of Souls, Blizzard also provided a Community Buff: To celebrate the arrival of this major content update, all players [...] will not only receive a +100% bonus to Gold Find [...] (As with our previous buff, please note that the Gold Fi...

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Powerlord

@AshleyNunn ~You know you want Layton v. Wright~

user15026

@Powerlord Yeah, I kinda do....

badp

5:24 PM

OBJECTION! You don't know if the game is actually going to be good!

Kevin van der Velden

@badp looks at preorders Since when has that ever mattered?

badp

OBJECTION! Other people being dumb aren't a license to preorder!

Kevin van der Velden

@badp we're talking about wanting

badp

Do you want my objection?

Kevin van der Velden

@badp close enough

Time for dinner!

badp

5:26 PM

OBJECTION! Refrigerator!

Wipqozn

Fantastic. It shipped.

user15026

@Wipqozn ?

James

@JasonBerkan Can't say it more clearly than that I suppose :D

OMG Where are the stars!?

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Cards

user15026

@Wipqozn oh, awesome :)

Jason Berkan

5:31 PM

@James Actually, I was trying to find this message, but was busy:

Mar 17 at 17:52, by Jason Berkan

@FEichinger Blatant star-bait is blatant.

Chippies

►

Wipqozn

also I'm almost done brotherhood. On Episode 61 I think? Maybe 62.

StrixVaria

I need to do more Greater Rifts to find something to put in the amulet I just found.

Wipqozn

the fact I'm powering through it despite having already read the manga is a testament to just how damn good fma is.

@StrixVaria I agree.

Frank

@StrixVaria What did you find?

StrixVaria

5:36 PM

@Frank us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/StrixVaria-1578/hero/5106996

Emerald is in the amulet now as a placeholder until I find another good legendary gem.

The wreath of lightning gem is amazing.

Frank

@StrixVaria Very respectable.

I'm still using a rare ring, as I haven't found a decent legendary to replace it with.

StrixVaria

My monk wasn't even level 70 until 2 days ago, so I think I'm doing ok.

Frank

The fact that it takes 900K every reroll for rings is somewhat pricey.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria That sure is a lot of characters. Someone likes Diablo 3.

StrixVaria

I don't even have all level 70 gear yet.

@Wipqozn And all at least level 60 (the old cap).

Except I had a level 1 monk named "Monk". I'm not sure why. I deleted it to make room for season characters.

Wipqozn

5:39 PM

@StrixVaria You should teach your son (?) to farm for you.

Also, it just occurred to me that I have no idea what @SkyDrifts real name is. I hope that means @Sterno decided to legally rename her to @SkyDrift, @ and all.

badp

what

I DENY EVERYTHING

Lazers

0

Q: cheat codes don't work in gta3

I was playing gta3 and entering cheat codes when all of a sudden the cheat codes stopped working! I would type one in and nothing would happen. whats going on?

grand-theft-auto-3

Wipqozn

@badp What a monster.

Rapitor

@badp how could you

badp

@Rapitor It wasn't me! It must've been my cat! Paw on "GH" paw on Enter!

THE KEYS ARE LIKE ALL NEXT TO EACH OTHER

Rapitor

5:47 PM

yeah. sure sure.

speaking of cod shenanigans, pre ordering AW gets bonus in Destiny! because Activison

Frank

@StrixVaria Legendaries from the Blacksmith are pretty cheap to make.

I'm still using some Aughild's pieces for the +to elites.

badp

Destiny: the game that wasn't

Rapitor

wasn't what

purple?

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan: I'm strongly considering switching my gravatar to something FMA related.

badp

It wasn't, isn't and seems unlikely that it will ever be at this point

Frank

5:55 PM

@OrigamiRobot We're organizing a Saturday Morning hunt! You in?

Jason Berkan

@Wipqozn You could be Al and then we could mess with newcomers.

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan That is a possibility.

I was also considering Ed, Pride, or General Armstrong.

also riza hawkeye.

Jason Berkan

Riza is awesome.

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Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan Yeah, she is.

For now, though, I need to go.

Frank

5:58 PM

Burn with the power of a thousand suns

Wipqozn

toodles all. Talk to you tomorrow.

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fredley

6:17 PM

halp

Rapitor

@fredley owch

badp

@fredley fffffffffffff-

MBraedley

I wish I could get my work upload at home. Also, @fredley, I hope that's an anomaly and not representative of your normal bandwidth.

fredley

@MBraedley It's been like that for a couple of days

FEichinger

speedtest.net/my-result/3720628406

Well that's ... fancy.

Yuuki

6:23 PM

Hello.

Blem

@FEichinger well you got better ping than me

MBraedley

@FEichinger Even if I could get uploads like that, I'd be happy(er). Apparently, I just need to get the property managers to call the ISP and get them to install fibre.

fredley

At work, 1ms ping, 100Mb/s up & down

I like work

FEichinger

@Blem I haven't seen a result like this at home in years.

Blem

what MUNICH server did you test against?

Yuuki

6:26 PM

If any of you get the chance, you should definitely spend a night at Big Bend. The night sky is just spectacular.

Rapitor

@Yuuki a perfect night sky is on my bucket list. I plan to just drive out in the desert or something

Yuuki

@Rapitor Big Bend is great because it's in a desert and in the mountains.

Rapitor

where's it at?

Yuuki

Far west Texas.

Frank

@Yuuki Saturday Morning Hunt! You in?

Yuuki

6:28 PM

South of Fort Stockton.

Blem

@FEichinger try testing against the RAISTING server, i get a lot better results from there

Rapitor

that's pretty much the region I was targeting.

Yuuki

@Frank Unfortunately, no. I might not be back until Saturday night.

@Rapitor The hiking trails are pretty good too.

user15026

Alright, I think it is tiny donut making time.

Yuuki

So apparently there are mountain lions in Big Bend. They put up a bunch of warning signs.

FEichinger

6:31 PM

@Blem More than twice the ping.

Origami Robot

@JasonBerkan IF ANYONE'S GONNA BE AL, IT'S ME

Blem

@FEichinger but higher download speed

FEichinger

Nope. And a much lower up.

Blem

speedtest.net/my-result/3720633465

fredley

chat is maxing out my bandwidth

Yuuki

6:32 PM

I was struck by the fact that I was more worried about mountain lions not because of injury or possible death, but the fact that insurance doesn't kick until Tuesday.

kick in*

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria FOR REFERENCE, WHAT IS MY DAMAGE?

Blem

@fredley sorry

MBraedley

@Blem Get out of here and take your super fast internet with you! Actually, leave the super fast internet with us.

fredley

Can I have some?

Blem

@MBraedley that test is vs a server that a hundreds of km away from me

Origami Robot

6:34 PM

@Frank HOPEFULLY I WILL BE AT THE COAST. IF NOT, I'LL BE PLAYING SEASONS

MBraedley

@Blem I could get speeds like that (if it were available in my building), but I'd be paying a ridiculous amount for it.

Blem

thats expensive

i pay 65 dkk a month for mine, thats about 12.5 CAD and get speeds like this at the close servers speedtest.net/my-result/3720654226

MBraedley

@Blem Pretty sure it's intended to be the business plan. I'd consider paying for the 175Mb/s (and dropping home phone in the process) though.

@Blem If I could get just decent service for $20, I'd be in heaven. Decent being about 10 down, 5 up. You're getting 100x that for much less.

fredley

In Central London there's a new service that uses 4G in lieu of wires

Seriously considering getting it, especially as it's cheap (as you don't need to pay line rental)

www1.relish.net

MBraedley

@fredley We have rural broadband service here that uses WiMax (or something similar). It's certainly much cheaper than running copper or fibre to every house.

StrixVaria

6:48 PM

> Damage 686358

According to the site.

Origami Robot

@MBraedley YOU CAN'T EVEN GET 1 Mb/s UP?

StrixVaria

It seems to underestimate on the site, though.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria YEA, I JUST WANTED A REFERENCE POINT FOR YOUR SITE DAMAGE

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING YOU'RE STILL KINDA HODGE PODGE GEAR-WISE

StrixVaria

Yeah the gear definitely has no focus.

I don't have any +%lightning damage even though all my damage is lightning.

MBraedley

@OrigamiRobot Not on DSL. Actually, maybe the top tier package, but not with the service I currently have. Don't what the speeds are on cable ATM, but if I could switch to fibre, 1Mb/s would be easy.

Origami Robot

6:50 PM

AH, I SEE

@StrixVaria YEA, ALL MY DAMAGE IS IN +% FIRE.

I REALLY WISH THEY'D TELL YOU WHAT YOUR "WEAPON DAMAGE" IS ON YOUR SHEET

Lazers

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